News about Infrastructure

Yesterday’s protest action of farmers, which according to the “Forța Fermierilor” association gathered about one and a half hundred in front of the government building in Chisinau, did not go unnoticed by the authorities.

Today, May 28 in Astana, President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Jomart Tokayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived in Kazakhstan on a state visit, signed a joint statement “On the seven foundations of friendship and good-neighborliness of the peoples of Kazakhstan and Russia”.

The Leova City Administration is preparing to issue municipal bonds for a total amount of 9 million lei, intended to finance projects for the reconstruction of the urban environment and infrastructure development of public spaces in the central district of the city.

The education sector has become the scene of a fierce political confrontation between local and central authorities. Chisinau Mayor General Ion Ceban accuses the leadership of the country’s intention to deprive the capital of 330 million lei in just one year. In response, Education Minister Dan Perciun says the reform is vital to the system and reproaches the Chisinau mayor’s office for leaving more than a billion lei unspent over the past six years. The conflict continued in parliament.

The expenses caused by heavy rains and floods in Calarasi, Straseni, Ungheni and Criuleni districts will be covered from the budgets of local authorities. The government will be involved only where the damage cannot be covered locally. At the same time, the central authorities have assumed the liquidation of damages to the infrastructure of national importance.

Details of the reform of the education system have emerged. It involves the transfer of education departments and, consequently, schools from local authorities to the direct subordination of the Ministry of Education and Research. In this context, the government proposes to reduce the share of personal income tax that remains in the budgets of Chisinau and Balti municipalities from 50% to 45% of the amount collected.

A group of the world’s leading central banks and more than 40 major commercial banks are stepping up testing of one of the world’s most closely watched digital payments projects, Agora, as the race to modernize and dominate the international financial architecture heats up.

The first stage of the project “Energy Efficiency of Kindergartens in Chisinau”, an initiative to modernize the municipal educational infrastructure, will start in 12 kindergartens in the capital.

Soil quality and methods for monitoring changes in soil structure were the main topics of the experience and knowledge sharing workshop organized on 27 May 2026 in the village of Slobozia Duška (Criuleni). The aim of the event was to popularize soil quality monitoring. The event was organized by the National Agency for Land Reclamation together with the National Institute of Applied Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, with the support of MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.

Patients and medical staff of 10 medical institutions in Chisinau and Balti will benefit from improved conditions and energy efficiency of buildings. Today the Government approved the signing of a grant agreement between the Republic of Moldova, the European Investment Bank and the Joint Unit for the Implementation and Monitoring of Energy Projects for the implementation of the project “Energy Efficiency in the Republic of Moldova”.

The Chisinau City Hall announced the launch of a tender for the reconstruction and creation of the “Eugen Doga” Center.

The energy exchange OPEM (Operator of the Moldovan Energy Market) has been operating in Moldova since December 2025, but liquidity remains almost nil.

The European Commission has unveiled the ‘One Trip, One Ticket’ initiative, which could significantly change rail travel across Europe by removing one of the key problems for passengers – the need to buy tickets from different operators for the same route.

The Government approved the draft law on ratification of the Agreement on credit support and grant for the implementation of the Integrated Agricultural and Irrigation Development Program (iDRIP) project.

Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu announced the organization of a national event “Strong City Halls – Developed Localities” to be held on May 29 at the Great National Assembly Square.

The physical and cyber security of critical energy infrastructure was analyzed at a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) held today by President Maia Sandu. The meeting took place in the context of increased risks caused by the situation in the region.

Engineering work on the creation of fortifications, including anti-tank ditches, barriers and long-term firing positions, continues near Odessa. This was reported by the Ukrainian media with reference to the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine South.

After two years of significant growth, the situation in the construction market has started to deteriorate noticeably. While the construction market recorded growth of 4.8% in 2024 and 32.2% in 2025, in the first quarter of this year the decline amounted to 12%.

With constant threats to critical infrastructure, Moldova and Ukraine need to move away from the Soviet model of energy “gigantomania. A credible path to stability lies through decentralization, market-based tariffs and deep diversification.

The Russian railway authority is raising tariffs for freight transportation to and from the Baltic States and Finland to Russia. Among other things, from June 15, a coefficient of 1.359 will be applied to transit tariffs on the territory of Russian Railways through Russian-Latvian, Russian-Estonian, Russian-Finnish border railway crossings. This will affect exports of grain and oilseeds from Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan, to these EU countries.